Originally Posted by
JD
They are not charging you just for shipping. They are charging you shipping and a new set of jaws. From your description, sounds like you got years of good service from the vise. The fact that the jaws wore out is not a manufacturing defect, it is a function of use. With few exceptions (possibly none), every vise manufacturer will fix a manufacturing defect for free. Wear is the responsibility of the owner, and often repaired at a modest cost. Fly fishing has some very odd expectations of what warranties cover, probably due in no small part I'd guess to the naivete of the manufacturers when this craze first started.
Regardless, look at the warranties for all of the other vise manufactures these days. You will find that Regal's policy is not only in line with the rest, they are actually more generous than the rest of the manufacturers you are considering.